37AProhibited disclosures about production orders

37A Prohibited disclosures about production orders

37A Prohibited disclosures about production orders

(1) A person against whom a production order is made must not disclose—

(a) the existence or nature of the order, or

(b) any information to a person from which the person could reasonably be expected to infer the existence or nature of the order.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a production order unless it (or a notice accompanying it) specifies that information about the order must not be disclosed.

(3) A person does not contravene this section if—

(a) the disclosure is made to an employee, agent or other person in order to obtain a property-tracking document to comply with the order and the employee, agent or other person is directed not to inform the person to whom the document relates about the matter, or

(b) the disclosure is made to obtain legal advice or representation in relation to the order, or

(c) the disclosure is made for the purposes of, or in the course of, legal proceedings.

s 37A: Ins 1997 No 68, Sch 1 [56].